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    The Death of Indian Television
    TV is a bitch. It seriousy is. For anyone wanting to get into media, it’s the first choice. Firstly, because it offers easy money. And secondly, because there are so many idiots around that you get to make your mark easily. That is if you can inspire yourself enough to give the best in an atmosphere which has loads of sleaze and internal politics. Yes, it’s...
    by Pankaj Johar at July 6th, 2008 at 04:07 am
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    Two Oriental Filmmakers. Two Mouthwatering Results
    Two directors from the “Far East”, known for their visually stunning cinematic delights and two films that mark some what of a turning point in their careers. For Wong Kar-Wai last year was finally a time to test the Hollywood waters with his first English language film “My Blueberry Nights”, and Ang Lee went back to his roots directing the Chinese...
    by Pankaj Johar at July 1st, 2008 at 12:07 pm
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    Oscars: Coens and the Highlights
    As always I wasn’t really too pleased with the Oscar nominations this time around. 2007 was an awesome year for films but lot of great films which should have been there weren’t, including the best foreign picture category (”Lust, Caution“, “Persepolis” and “4 nights, 3 weeks and 2 days” missing). Hoffman being nominated...
    by Pankaj Johar at February 25th, 2008 at 05:02 am
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    Super 16 vs. HD
    Four years ago two friends who had just started their careers realised that their true passion and interests lay elsewhere and decided to do something about that.(sounds familiar???) Fast forward 2008. While I’m still stuck with my shitty job at a media company, my friend is already through with a couple of drafts and plans to shoot his first feature film in the...
    by Pankaj Johar at January 24th, 2008 at 05:01 am
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    Beyond No Smoking
    Reading the critic(s) reviews, fellow PFCian blogs and Anurag’s comments over the past few days has been a tremendous experience. I wonder if we in India have ever had such an intense debate over the worthiness of a film. But then there never was a PFC. I am sure that this whole discussion will continue for some more days. It’s not the first time that a film...
    by Pankaj Johar at October 29th, 2007 at 02:10 am
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    Casualties of War
    Spielberg once said, ” Making a war film changes you.” Well I guess watching one does too. It’s an amazing feeling to experience what the humanity has gone through to make this world what it is today. Sitting in the dark theatre watching all the bloodshed with your eyes moist, you cannot help but think the kind of courage, valiant effort and determination...
    by Pankaj Johar at September 1st, 2007 at 03:09 pm
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    Obituary – Bergman and Antonioni
    This has probably been one of the most terrible starts to a week. The world has lost two great filmmakers – Ingmar Bergman and Michelangelo Antonioni, each of whom influenced the world cinema in their own unique ways. As one of the critics truly said – ” the last links to the golden era of European art films are no more”. To top it all Sanjay Dutt...
    by Pankaj Johar at July 31st, 2007 at 07:07 am
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    Japan-o-rama
    I recently had a great opportunity to view a three episode BBC series by eminent journalist Jonathan Ross on the Japanese, Korean and Hong Kong cinema. The episode on the Japanese cinema started with “how it has started losing its sheen in the recent years,” which got me thinking and is the reason of this article. Now, I know there are a lot of people here...
    by Pankaj Johar at July 13th, 2007 at 04:07 am
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    The Truth Behind a Meaningful Cinema
    It’s really amazing the countless number of times that I have been told that the cinema has always got to be meaningful. MEANINGFUL ??? Yeah, so what really is meaningful. Is it a dark, brooding film that always ends in tears or is it that artsy film ending with almost always a social message. Well, get hold of a kid down the street and for him Dhoom 2 would be meaningful...
    by Pankaj Johar at July 8th, 2007 at 12:07 am
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    Black Snake Moan – An Intelligent Trash ??
    “That voice in my head, everytime I think it’s gone…. it comes howling back Calls me when I’m ailing; when I can’t find my way home Lost in the pines I call it the Black snake Moan” and so goes the electric guitar strumming Samuel L. Jackson in the recently released “Black Snake Moan.” It’s hard to imagine a trigger...
    by Pankaj Johar at July 5th, 2007 at 02:07 am
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